Thursday 11th March, 2010
Australia-New Zealand film festival holding "Rani Mukherjee Retrospective"
Reno News.Net"Indian Film Festival 2010" in Australia and New Zealand is holding special "Rani Mukherjee Retrospective".
Indian-American professor turns chicken feathers into fuel
Reno News.NetManoranjan 'Mano' Misra, an Indian American professor known for turning coffee grounds and chicken feathers into fuel, been honoured as the 2010 Regents' Researcher by the Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents.
Today In History: Gorbachev Tapped, Japanese Advance In Pacific
Reno Gazette-JournalOn March 11, 1985, Mikhail S. Gorbachev was chosen to succeed the late Soviet President Konstantin U. Chernenko.On this date:In 1810, French Emperor Napoleon I was married by proxy to Archduchess Mari...
Magnitude-7.2 Earthquake Rocks Chile
Reno Gazette-JournalChile's President-elect Sebastian Pinera, left, shake hands with Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe during a meeting in Santiago, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Uribe is in Chile to attend Pinera's inagura...
Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons To File For Re-election
Reno Gazette-JournalGibbons' campaign says he will file for re-election Thursday at the secretary of state's office in Carson city.The first-term Republican, dogged by personal missteps, a messy divorce and a battered ec...
Insurance Agents Make Donation To Ms
Reno Gazette-JournalThe Independent Insurance Agents of Northern Nevada donated $10,000 to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society's Nevada office to help with services to local people.
Fresno Fans Wish Wac Tournament Would Remain In Reno
Reno Gazette-JournalThe couples, decked out in Fresno State red and blue on Wednesday at Lawlor Events Center, just might be WAC basketball's biggest fans. The McGaughs have been to six straight WAC tournaments in three ...
Banking: B Of A Halts Debit Card Overdrafts
Reno Gazette-JournalIn a significant policy reversal, Bank of America will stop letting customers overdraw their checking accounts with one-time debit card transactions.
Downtown Reno Casino Recovery Starts With New Sports Book Debut Today
Reno Gazette-JournalAfter three months of reorganization to stave off foreclosure, the Siena Hotel Spa Casino in downtown Reno plans a comeback in a big way, general manager Clyde Callicott said Wednesday.
Reno Council Honors Fire Official Who Landed Plane On I-80
Reno Gazette-JournalReno officials Wednesday gave Joe DuRousseau a highway warning sign with the message "merging aircraft," after he landed his small plane amid Interstate 80 traffic three weeks ago. Councilman Dave Aia...
Reno Fire Dept. Offers Cpr, First Aid Training
Reno Gazette-JournalThe Reno Fire Department will conduct cardio pulmonary resuscitation training at 9 a.m. and first-aid training at 1 p.m. Saturday at Reno Fire Station 11, 7105 Mae Anne Ave.
E-mails Show Ensign Sought Work For Husband Of Ex-lover
Reno Gazette-JournalWASHINGTON -- E-mails turned over to the FBI and U.S. Senate ethics investigators provide new evidence about U.S. Sen. John Ensign's efforts to find lobbying work for the husband of his former mistres...
Reno City Council Actions Wednesday
Reno Gazette-JournalReno Mayor Bob Cashell asked for a staff report on whether to continue a contract, in effect since 2000, to provide fire service to the Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District. If either party doesn'...
Unr Students Plan Protest Of Cuts To French, Italian Programs
Reno Gazette-JournalThe latest opposition to the University of Nevada, Reno's plans to make $11 million in state-ordered budget cuts in the next fiscal year is coming from the French quarter.
Gibbons Signs Bill For Education Grant Bid
Reno Gazette-JournalGibbons signed Senate Bill 2, passed late last month in a special legislative session, during a ceremony Wednesday at Elaine Wynn Elementary School in Las Vegas.
Ashburton Obtains Historical Data And Increases Its Land Position At The Deep Creek Gold Project, Nevada
Market Wirehas obtained historical data which includes a resource estimate report compiled in the late 1980's on behalf of Corona Corporation based on drilling data on the Deep Creek property. The resource estim...
Ironwood Gold Corp. Receives Favorable Independent 43-101 Report Of Rock Creek Property Located In The Carlin Trend, Nevada
Market WireIROG ) (the "Company") is pleased to announce the receipt of an assessment undertaken by Crosby Consulting & Exploration Services of the recently acquired Rock Creek project in the form of a Natio...
Two Accused Murderers In Court Thursday
KOLO 8Two men are back in court Thursday; One, accused of murdering Brianna Denison, and the other, blamed for killing a two year old toddler, Malakai Dean.
Toyota Troubles Put Spotlight On Us Safety Agency
KOLO 8Toyota's massive recalls are prompting Congress to reconsider whether the nation's auto safety agency has lived up to its mission of protecting motorists.
Insurance Agents Make Donation To Ms
Reno Gazette-JournalThe Independent Insurance Agents of Northern Nevada donated $10,000 to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society's Nevada office to help with services to local people.
Fresno Fans Wish Wac Tournament Would Remain In Reno
Reno Gazette-JournalThe couples, decked out in Fresno State red and blue on Wednesday at Lawlor Events Center, just might be WAC basketball's biggest fans. The McGaughs have been to six straight WAC tournaments in three ...
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